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Common Name: tessellated darter
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: Page (1983); Smith (1985); Page and Burr (1991); Jenkins and Burkhead (1994).
Size: 11 cm.
Native Range: Atlantic drainages from St. Lawrence River, Quebec and Ontario (absent
in Maine) to Altamaha River, Georgia; St. Johns River drainage,
Florida; Lake Ontario drainage, New York; mostly restricted to Coastal
Plain in Virginia (Page and Burr 1991).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: A population of introduced tessellated darters was discovered in 1986 in the Little River system of the New drainage in North Carolina, just south of the Virginia border (Menhinick 1991; Jenkins and Burkhead 1994).
Means of Introduction: Unknown.
Status: Established in North Carolina.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: None.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Pam Fuller
Revision Date: 5/30/2004 Citation for this information:
Pam Fuller. 2009. Etheostoma olmstedi. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=816> Revision Date: 5/30/2004
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